Hospital Accident & Emergency Activity 2020-21

The Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) is a measure of relative deprivation for small areas (Lower Super Output Areas (LSOAs). It is a combined measure of deprivation based on a total of 37 separate indicators that have been grouped into seven domains, each of which reflects a different aspect of deprivation experienced by individuals living in an area.

People residing in the ‘most deprived 10%’ areas in England have the largest number of attendances at A&E departments with just under 2.2 million in 2020-21.

This group also has the highest rate of attendances with just over 39,000 attendances for every 100,000 people.

The ‘least deprived 10%’ have the lowest number of attendances (just over 1.1 million) and a rate of attendances around half that of the ‘most deprived 10%’ with just under 21,000 attendances for every 100,000 people.

Excludes attendances where the IMD is unknown.

Just over 80 per cent of A&E attendances (where the patients ethnicity is known) are for those with an ethnic group of White.

The lowest rate of attendances with 17,000 attendances for every 100,000 people is for those with an ethnic group of Mixed.

Other ethnic groups have a rate that is over 4 times higher with a rate of just under 79,000 attendances for every 100,000 people.

Excludes attendances where the ethnicity is unknown.